Master of Education
EAL: Educational Administration & Leadership | Principal Specialization
Educational Administration and Leadership (EAL) offers graduates a program that embraces the broad array of leadership positions in elementary/secondary education. Educational leadership and practice are emphasized in the program. Specialized study provides preparation leading to an Illinois Principal's License (formerly known as Type 75) for elementary/secondary principals and assistant principals.
Typical Plan of Study (minimum 32 hours)
Core Coursework
- EPOL 535: Intro to Educational Leadership (crosslisted with EOL 540)
- EPOL 536: Leading School Improvement (crosslisted with EOL 543)
- EPOL 537: Education Law (crosslisted with EOL 547)
- EPOL 538: Supervision of Learning Envir (crosslisted with EOL 541)
- EPOL 539: Poli & Cultural Context of Ed (crosslisted with EOL 548)
- EPOL 540: Leading Learning-Centrd Schls (crosslisted with EOL 542)
- EPOL 542: Public School Finance (crosslisted with EOL 546)
- EPOL 597: Clinical experience Admin (crosslisted with EOL 560)
- EPOL 597: Clinical experience Admin (crosslisted with EOL 560)
Select 1 Educational Psychology Foundations Course
- EPSY 400: Psyc of Learning in Education
- EPSY 401: Child Language and Education
- EPSY 402: Sociocultural Influence on Learning
- EPSY 404: Adjustment in School Settings
- EPSY 406: Psychology of Classroom Management
- EPSY 407: Adult Learning and Development
- EPSY 408: Learning & Hum Dev w/ EdTech
- EPSY 430: Early Adolescent Development
- EPSY 485: Assessing Student Performance
- EPSY 490: Developments in Educational Psychology
- EPSY 553: Global Issues in Learning
- EPSY 405: Personality and Soc Dev
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